Date Admitted: | 1823 |
State Capital: | Olympia |
Admission to U.S.: | Forty-second State |
Flag Adopted: | 1889 |
State Motto: | "Al-ki" or "Alki" (bye and bye) |
Nickname: | Evergreen State |
State Song: | "Washington My Home" |
State Folk Song: | "Roll On, Columbia, Roll On" |
State Flower: | Coastal Rhododendron |
State Fruit: | Apple |
State Grass: | Bluebunch Wheatgrass |
State Tree: | Western Hemlock |
State Bird: | Willow Goldfinch or Wild Canary |
State Fish: | Steelhead Trout |
State Insect: | Anax Junius Drury (Green Darner Dragonfly) |
State Gem: | Petrified Wood |
State Dance: | Square Dance |
State Ship: | President Washington |
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